Ordering Confederate Records

To obtain copies of service
records and pension records, follow the instructions below.

The NATF 80 has been replaced by two new
forms, the NATF 85 for military pension and bounty land warrant
applications and the NATF 86 for military service records for
Army veterans who were discharged prior to 1912.

All genealogical forms (NATF 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, SF 180)
must be requested from the Contact NARA page at
http://www.archives.gov/global_pages/inquire_form.html
Confederate Pension Records
Confederate Pension Records are held by the state where the
pensioner lived when the application was filed. The State
Libraries or Archives are the usual depositories for these
records. Most Confederate state pensions were means tested--the
applicant had to be near destitute to qualify. As a result, many
Confederate soldiers never applied for such pensions. To
determine whether your ancestor applied for a pension write the
state archives where he lived after the war. A complete list of
addresses and telephone numbers, as well as links to some
states, is available online at:

When you write to determine if your ancestor or his beneficiary
applied for a pension it is again helpful to have the letter
company and numbered regiment in which he served, as well as his
wife's name.

As you receive your
information, if your ancestor served in a Walker County
regiment, please let
me
know. I will post your serviceman's name with your email address
attached.